Add parallel Print Page Options

11 It should be observed at evening twilight on the fourteenth day of the second month, eating the lamb they sacrificed with unleavened bread and bitter greens. 12 Make certain that not one of its bones is broken[a] and the entire animal is consumed by morning, in keeping with standard procedure for this Passover festival. 13 Everyone who is present and ritually pure must observe this foundational moment. If a person fails to observe the Passover, it is a serious offense. Such a person will be ostracized from the community, guilty of not offering to the Eternal at the right time.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 9:12 John 19:36

11 but they are to do it on the fourteenth day of the second month(A) at twilight. They are to eat the lamb, together with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.(B) 12 They must not leave any of it till morning(C) or break any of its bones.(D) When they celebrate the Passover, they must follow all the regulations.(E) 13 But if anyone who is ceremonially clean and not on a journey fails to celebrate the Passover, they must be cut off from their people(F) for not presenting the Lord’s offering at the appointed time. They will bear the consequences of their sin.

Read full chapter